Adjusting the legislation on ensuring national security as an imperative for the restructuring and modernization of the security sector in the context of the Republic of Moldova's accession to the European Union

The legislation of the Republic of Moldova on ensuring national security currently suffers from significant shortcomings. The legal framework in the field is defective and anachronistic. Even though the National Security Strategy of the Republic of Moldova was approved in 2023, it has not yet been adjusted to the other norms in the field of security, as explicitly specified in the text of the National Security Strategy of the Republic of Moldova. Therefore, we cannot speak of a genuine system of institutions in the field of security in the Republic of Moldova either. The Security and Intelligence Service of the Republic of Moldova, the only institution specialized in the field of ensuring security, shows inefficiency, is sometimes overwhelmed by the situation (see here numerous failures in recent years), and is also chronically underfunded. The article analyzes the prospects for adjusting the legislation on ensuring national security as an imperative and benchmark for restructuring and modernizing the security sector in the context of the accession of the Republic of Moldova to the European Union. The final conclusions highlight the need to strengthen the regulatory framework of national security, as well as the need to consolidate the security sector by supporting the development of specialized institutions and specialists in the field of national security.